Jon Postel

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Internet pioneer computer scientist human

Jon Postel was an American computer scientist and early Internet pioneer best known for overseeing key Internet protocols and numbering systems, helping shape the modern Internet’s technical foundations.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Internet pioneer → computer scientist → human →
awardReceived	IEEE Posthumous Award for Internet contributions → Postel Award named in his honor →
birthName	Jonathan Bruce Postel →
causeOfDeath	heart surgery complications →
contributedTo	Domain Name System → Internet Protocol → Simple Mail Transfer Protocol → Transmission Control Protocol → User Datagram Protocol →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-08-06 →
dateOfDeath	1998-10-16 →
educatedAt	University of California, Los Angeles →
employer	USC Information Sciences Institute → University of Southern California →
familyName	Postel →
fieldOfWork	Internet architecture → computer networking →
gender	male →
givenName	Jonathan →
honoredIn	Jonathan B. Postel Service Award →
influenced	Internet governance structures → design of the modern Internet →
knownFor	Postel’s law → contributions to DNS → contributions to SMTP → contributions to TCP/IP → development of Internet protocols → oversight of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Internet Architecture Board → Internet Engineering Task Force community →
nationality	American →
notableWork	RFC 760 → RFC 768 → RFC 791 → RFC 792 → RFC 793 → Request for Comments (RFC) series editing →
placeOfBirth	Altadena, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	Director of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority → RFC Editor → USC ISI research scientist →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RFC 793 →	author
Internet Protocol →	definedBy
RFC 793 →	editor
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority →	historicalFounder
Network Working Group →	notableMember
SIGCOMM Award →	notableRecipient